Example sentences of "[art] [noun] they [verb] been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parents were outraged ; the managers had got the opportunity they had been waiting for . |
| 2 | By the time Iran had attacked a Kuwaiti , a Saudi and then a Liberian tanker ( the last of these caught near the principal Saudi terminal at Ras Tanura ) , the GCC states had begun to recognize this sequence — as it was doubtless intended — as a signal to distance themselves from Iraq in the light of the support they had been providing for Baghdad . |
| 3 | The Swindon success story is n't just on the field … off the field they 've been rebuilding too … the overdraft is below a million … but the world of football the town of Swindon still wonders if the County Ground could cope could afford the premier league … |
| 4 | It was the Russians they 'd been listening to the whole lot . |
| 5 | Mordecai had said that he usually approached the shop through the bazaar , and that was the side they had been watching . |
| 6 | Once again there was a flurry of bodies from the doorway they had been defending and another charge . |
| 7 | But I 'd be grateful for anything — even some idea of the scale of the funds they 've been filching . |
| 8 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 9 | All the buying they 've been doing must be starting to hurt . |
| 10 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 11 | read aloud to the class or teacher and talk about the books they have been reading ; |
| 12 | All over Spain , rebel officers put into action the plan they had been elaborating since December of the previous year . |
| 13 | Conference , if you think back to all those times that you have sat at home watching the news after a day 's work like I have , and listen carefully to what is being said , you may well have been horrified and saddened to hear the many stories appertaining to people who have had accidents or died due to the fact that the machine they have been driving has been too powerful . |
| 14 | And with Teddy Sheringham , back at the City ground for the first time since his move to Spurs , and Durie performing like statues , Forest quickly found the self-belief they have been lacking . |
| 15 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 16 | But I do n't like the way he 'd er , all this , all about er how you 'll be annually taxed under Labour because the truth is that even under the Conservatives , all the years they 've been in , and all the years they 've been reducing tax , taxes from time to time , indirect taxation increased |
| 17 | Covertly , leaning far back in his chair , he watched McQuaid from under hooded eyelids : in all the years they had been coming together on Monaghan Day McQuaid had always spent the night in the house . |
| 18 | They have provided a wonderful opportunity to get to know dolphins in the wild , and several of the females have given birth over the years they have been frequenting Monkey Mia , thus enabling study of their maternal care and child development . |
| 19 | Lead miners in the northern Pennines were earning 10s ( 50p ) a week by 1797 and 11s 6d ( 57½p ) by 1815 , whereas before the war they had been earning 7s 6d ( 37½p ) ; a money-wage increase of around 50 per cent over the war years seems indicated , implying a real-wage fall of about 10 per cent . |
| 20 | ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on . |
| 21 | There was restrained optimism among Wickham 's team that this could be the lead they had been waiting for . |
| 22 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 23 | They rightly deserve the publicity they 've been getting and the pats on the back . |
| 24 | The powerful midfielder , Mauro Silva , was the playmaker they had been looking to build the team around . |
| 25 | For her parents Fran and Les , it was the day they had been waiting for . |
| 26 | It 's the chance they 've been waiting for . |
| 27 | FOR teenagers , Wayne 's World is just the video they have been waiting for . |
| 28 | The stuff they 've been giving me in the ward was like a milk soup . |
| 29 | I 've watched Howard Kendall 's side recently , and the stuff they have been serving up has been bordering on the pathetic compared to earlier performances this season . |
| 30 | They opened her up , but could see no trace of the ulcer they had been expecting to find . |